For context, read
Foreign Exchange – Part I,
Foreign Exchange – Part II,
Foreign Exchange – Part III,
and Foreign Exchange – Part IV.
LoveBite, the hickey machine.
“It’s unthinkable not to love—
you’d have a severe nervous breakdown.”
– Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
Beneath the table, I could feel the note wrinkling in my sweaty palm. [...] Read more »
For context, read
Foreign Exchange – Part I,
Foreign Exchange – Part II,
and Foreign Exchange – Part III.
Image by John Osgood.
“I had become, with the approach of night,
once more aware of loneliness and time -
those two companions without whom
no journey can yield us anything.”
– Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
It’s quite embarrassing [...] Read more »
For context, read
Foreign Exchange – Part I,
and Foreign Exchange – Part II.
“The appalling thing is the degree of charity
women are capable of. You see it all the time…
love lavished on absolute fools. Love’s a charity
ward, you know.”
– Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
There was no doubt he was a pretty boy. He [...] Read more »
For context, read
Foreign Exchange – Part I.
“History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.”
– Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
There are plenty of people who have written about the “Friend Zone” and the problems therein. There are essays by men (many, many essays), essays by women (a few), an instruction manual for escaping, [...] Read more »
Image by CloudDust.
“Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.”
-Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
The above is a quote from Lawrence Durrell. I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything else by him. I’m not even sure who he is or was. That wouldn’t be quite so embarrassing if it weren’t the quote situated next to my picture [...] Read more »